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Has anyone made any cards using the cuttlebug sledding embossing folder?
I was going to use it to make some Christmas cards but need some inspiration. Anyone willing to share their ideas here?
I have this one but haven't used it yet. Did you know that the first release had a typo on it? The word icicle was spelled wrong. Let's see... was it spelled iceicle?
Kimberly
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Yikes, you mean they already have done one correction on the Sledding folder? :shock: I discovered when I used mine last week that it debosses rather embosses - the words are not embossed like they are with every other folder. That means that you can't brush the tops with ink to highlight the words. :confused:
I called Provocraft about this and they seemed disinterested that the folder was really a debosser rather than embosser....I suspect that the error wasn't caught in the molding process and they just don't want to re-do it. Anyone else annoyed with the way the Sledding folder works? :(
If it is supposed to deboss, why is it called an embosser? :confused: It impresses the images the opposite way of EVERY other sentiment embossing folder they have.
It is for this reason alone that I am of the opinion that someone made a boo-boo in the design process at the stage when the molds were made. If Provo wants to add a category called "debossers" to their list of cuttlebug products, that is fine and dandy. However, to market a product as something that it is NOT strikes me as as a sloppy business decision. Just my 2 cents....
I noticed that, too, about the embossing issue. I don't have it, but a friend did some for me. I thought she did them wrong somehow, so I asked another friend, same thing. I think the words should be raised. I personally thing it's wrong. I'd rather be able to CB on white core paper then sand over the words to have them pop.
And actually the mispelled "icicle" was not a mistake, either. It was supposed to be that way, kind of in line with the other words that look like a child wrote them. Enough people complained, though, that they decided to re-do it.
Wow, Lesa's card is MUCH better than mine turned out! I too was disappointed when I ran this folder through my machine the first time. I would have preferred embossed image(s)/words. I did make some samples while playing and put some flock on the snowman. I also think some glitter would be pretty on it too. Katie
Maybe it's supposed to look like someone wrote the words in the snow? Just a thought.
Perhaps so, but the words are still DEbossed rather than EMbossed. That was my original point - it should have been marketed as a debossing folder. Someone earlier said that it was marketed this way, but I never saw it listed this way on any of the sites I checked.
I guess it doesn't matter now, but I wouldn't have ordered it if I had known that I couldn't use it in the way I intended.
I used it once - the embossed layer is still sitting on my table. I can't seem to get any inspiration with this particular folder. Will keep watching SCS in hopes of getting some ideas.
Yeah, I bought it think it was an EMbossing folder also -- I was surprised to find out otherwise. I would use it ALOT more if it was an embossing folder. I've made a few cards with it, but I wouldnt have bought it either if I know it was a debossing folder.
I didn't realize about this folder either. I've seen several nice cards and never even realized and just got it through joann's. Cambria has a nice card she's done that she used the Sakura gel pen to outline on and it looks great:
cuttlebug Sledding
